Politics & Government - 21 September 2007

Order 17 enacted by Bush & Co. after the Iraq invasion gave Blackwater (and all other contractors) immunity from Iraqi prosecution.

Which means that the Iraqi govt. is going to find Blackwater liable for the murders and Blackwater is going to point the finger at Uncle Sam.

Thus, you and I are going to pay off these families.

2007-09-21 04:12:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Politics & Government

This isn't like asking an auto insurer to take on, or not charge more for, people who have been in accidents in the past.

This is more like getting into a car accident and then applying for car insurance and asking the insurance company to pay for the accident that already happened.

It's not a risk of loss, it's a loss.

That's not what insurance is.

Insurance is the pooling of risk. The actuarial tables say that out of 100,000 people, X% will get cancer, Y% will develop some other malady, etc...., and the premium rates are designed to ensure a modest operating profit if something slightly over the actuarial risks occur.

A pre-existing condition means that person is 100% likely to have the problem thus incur the costs. A few of those really throws off the model - 28 out of 1,000 is very different from 30 out of 1,002, when you consider that the premiums paid by everyone are supposed to offset the high costs incurred for the handful that do become ill.

2007-09-21 04:12:18 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

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2007-09-21 04:12:07 · 15 answers · asked by oohhbother 7 in Politics

When he said "This country needs an energy policy that encourages consumption!" did he mean just that? It would help his energy partners and campaign contributers out. Could he also have meant what he said about bringing on more insurgent attacks? It would boost his stock value in Carlyle and give him a reason to remain in Iraq longer.

2007-09-21 04:09:50 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-21 04:07:22 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-21 04:06:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

2007-09-21 04:06:35 · 2 answers · asked by bulet70 2 in Law & Ethics

Also , do you think that any candidate that received illegal campaign donations from him should return that money. . . . . permanently ? Wash their hands of this debacle ? -- Then why is Hillary returning the money BUT asking people to re-donate it " as long as the 'promise' it's really their own ?
Was that a wise campaign decision ?

2007-09-21 04:05:46 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

We should all get along right? Despite political preferences, we are all AMERICANS, right?

2007-09-21 04:04:52 · 10 answers · asked by SEXIEST AVATAR™ is HERE. 6 in Politics

Why are we at odds with one another. Lets just work together to put the right people in office. SURELY we dont have a debate over whats right. Right?

2007-09-21 04:04:03 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

Just about everyone knows that under a process called eminent domain, the government can (and does) seize private property for public use - to build a road, a school or a courthouse.

But did you know the government can also seize your land for private use if they can prove that doing it will serve what's called "the public good"?

Cities across the country have been using eminent domain to force people off their land, so private developers can build more expensive homes and offices that will pay more in property taxes than the buildings they're replacing.

Under eminent domain, the government buys your property, paying you what's determined to be fair market value.

Please respond with your opinion on this issue. Any feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

2007-09-21 04:01:00 · 8 answers · asked by p f 2 in Government

Terror" going?

So why Blame the Democrats if they can not end it when Bush promises to veto every bill to bring the troops home as quickly as possible and the corrupt Republicans join Bush in his efforts?

2007-09-21 03:58:45 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-21 03:55:12 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-21 03:54:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Immigration

if there really were some group of 12 guys in dark suits who were responsible for keeping africa poor, keeping pharmaceuticals priced high, ensuring that alternative energy sources never became more popular or more developed than petrol, 911, keeping the minorities down in various countries, etc. would you want to know or would you prefer to continue thinking what you already believe?

2007-09-21 03:53:37 · 18 answers · asked by Sviþjóð 1 in Politics

2007-09-21 03:50:02 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

HUGE pushback. Might have struck a little nerve with them calling them perfidious, backstabbing, traitor-monkeys.

Methinks they doth protest too much.

2007-09-21 03:49:02 · 26 answers · asked by Private Deek 2 in Politics

How pathitic is that?

2007-09-21 03:45:24 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

They aren't happy with a puppet President, they want the strings to a puppet nation, too?

2007-09-21 03:45:20 · 14 answers · asked by oohhbother 7 in Politics

my heritage of cherokee blood line, without having to pay for being from the cherokee trail of tears? I would like to apply for my approval of the eastern cherokee indian rights, and as a native cherokee indian.

2007-09-21 03:44:47 · 11 answers · asked by scorpio 1 in Immigration

At least now those stupid Canadian quarters that sneak in the USA are worth something now

2007-09-21 03:44:21 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

My papa is 99 yrs old, grandma is 90 yrs old. The only visitor they have most days is home health nurse. They both say she went to get $5 out of papa's wallet to reimburse her for some razors she picked up. She says she laid it back on the table. They weren't paying much attention to her but after she was gone-about 15 min-they noticed the wallet was gone. We have looked EVERYWHERE-the wallet IS gone. We filed a police report but home health agency won't do anything. Don't they have insurance for things like this? $900 is a HUGE amount to them-plus they won't trust any other nurse now. What are our options?

2007-09-21 03:43:51 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law & Ethics

standing up to america on oil issues can only benefit the country

2007-09-21 03:43:07 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

Only one I can see is that he can afford to buy the job of being President.

2007-09-21 03:41:44 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Elections

both Petraeus and the Swift Boat Vets are seen by much of the country as highly decorated soldiers, and who are associated with the view that America's military is honorable?

It seems to me that both MoveOn.org, with its "Betray Us" ad, and Kerry, with his many horrific accusations against US soldiers and his throwing away his medals (as well as his comment about US troops "terrorizing" women and children and his "botched joke") are both associated in much of the public's mind with the opinion that America's military is somehow evil, dishonorable (in the sense of lying) or in the wrong.

For better or worse (I think for better), the general public seems very much to want to believe the best about our military, not the worst. And anyone with a contrary view will have an uphill battle to say the least.

Are politicians who don't come out and agree with MoveOn, but don't condemn them either, trying to have it both ways?

2007-09-21 03:40:34 · 10 answers · asked by American citizen and taxpayer 7 in Politics

mymum has lost mine and i need another one readyfor the army ..how doi get another

2007-09-21 03:40:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Government

Leading up to last years election the Democrats complain about high gas prices and told us that Republicans needed to hold congressional hearing to look into it. Telling us if they were voted in they would lower gas prices.
They told us if elected they would get us out of Iraq and would impeach George Bush.......................so fast foward almost a years later. WHERE are the congressional hearing to look into high gas prices, why are we still in Iraq, and wheres the impeachment?
Some party for the people.

2007-09-21 03:39:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics

2007-09-21 03:38:07 · 16 answers · asked by Jeremy B 2 in Politics

I thought a leader was supposed to take responsibility.

2007-09-21 03:33:43 · 11 answers · asked by Darth Vader 6 in Politics

1. Why do Dems speak against the casualties of this war and protest against the death penalty for convicted criminals but are more than happy to abort unborn children?

2.Why are Democratic Presidential candidates refusing to denounce the nasty ad that insults and disrespects a U.S. war-time General yet claim they support our troops?

3. Why do leftists find it more crucial to invite a terror sponsoring dictator like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at a University then a member of the Minutemen, a group designed to safeguard our borders against criminal trespassers?

4. Why do Democrats insist that Republicans are not going in the right direction when it comes to the war on terror but have not in any way, form or fashion presented THEIR ideas on how to combat Islamic extremists who wanted to hurt us and kill us long before this Iraq war started? (We weren't in Iraq on September 11, 2001)

2007-09-21 03:32:32 · 20 answers · asked by Frank Dileo 3 in Politics